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F. K. PLYMPTON.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY26, 1910.

Patented 001;. 5,1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEETI COLUMBIA PLANOGRAIH CO" WASHINGTON. D- C.-

F.'K. PLYMPTON. TAG. APPLICATION FILED MAY 26,1910. 1,156,036. Patented Oct. 5,1915.

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EREDERIC Kl PLYMPTON, OF WELLESLEY, IVIASSACI-IUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T PLYMPTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION 013 MASSACHUSETTS.

TAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

rateateaoces, 1915.

Application filed'May 26,1910.v Serial No. 563,556.

: of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Tags, of which. the following, is a specification, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in an improved tag which is. applicable either'as a shipping tag,

baggage-tag, price-tag, or for general purposes as a label.

The invention has reference more particularly to the means of attaching to the tag or label a string or wire for securing the tag or label. to the package. or article with which it is to be connected.

Objects of the invention are to produce 1 a tag or label of novel andjimprovedconstruction. Also,.to produce one which may bemanufactured economically and at a high rate of speed by automatic machinery without manual intervention. Also, to produce a tag or label which will pack better and in less space than. shipping tags of the character now inuse having attaching strings combined therewith.

Briefly stated, the invention provides a tag or label, hereinafter generally termed simply a tag, having applied to the same a narrow strip or piece of sheet material of U-shape, clasping a: marginal portion of the tag orlabel' proper andan intermediate portion. of the length of the string .or wire and clamping. the string. or wire within its bend or bightso as to prevent longitudinal movement. of. the. string or wire, with its respecti've. limbs permanently secured at interme- 1 diat'e points in their lengths to the opposite surfaces of the tag or label proper. A; feature 'of'the invention consists in the special form and relative disposition ofthe respective. limbs of the sheet-metal strip or piece: and of the riveting. portions of the same...

By the terms cord and string as employed herein'I intend to include a wire or other. flexible material constituting an equivalent thereof for attaching purposes.

Embodiments of the invention are shown in the drawings,. Figure 1- showing one side of ja tag constructed'inaccordance with the invention, and Fig. 2 showing the other side thereof, while Fig. 3 shows the tag'in section in the plane of the dotted line 3, 3, of F g. 1', one form of the sheet met'al strip or piece being employed. Fig. 4 shows one side of a tag having asecond form of sheet-.- metal strip or piece, Fig. 5 theother side thereof, and Fig; -6 a section infthe plane of the dotted line6, 6,, of Fig. 4. Fig, 7 is a side. view, and Fig. 8 a section in theplane of line 8, 8, of Fig. 7, showing anotherform of embodiment of certain portionsof the lnvention. Fig. 9 is a side view, and Fig. 10 a section in the plane of line 10, 10; of- Fig. 9, showing still another form- Figs. 11 and 12 are views showing the crimping of the sheet-metal strip or piece to 'prevent thestrlng or wire from drawing out of the bend or bight thereof. v

3 Having reference to thedrawings,inthedifferent views-the piece of material. consti= tuting the tag. proper is designated 1, the attachingstring being in each case designated 2. Thepiece or strip of sheet-metal by which the said string is secured to the tag proper is designated 3. in. F igs: 1, 2 and 3, and 3 in Figs. 4,5 andi6. The tag proper will be composed of paper-material, cloth, or any other material suitable to be -.e1nployed for. the purposes of a tag or label. The size or shape of thefsame will vary-in practice. The string will be of convenient length for use inv securing the tag or labelto the article or package in COHIIGCtlOH j with which it is desired to employ the tag or label. vOnly a short portion thereofis shown in the drawings.

InFigs. 1, 2, 3, th'emetal strip or piece 3 isof uniform. width throughout its length.

It is much narrower than the piece of ma- I terial 1. .Being bent or doubled upon itself, with the string 2 inclose d inits bend or bight, and with, a marginal portion. of the tag: proper between its..respective limbs, the latter liesnugly and smoothly against the two surfaces of the tag. proper, and the string. is retained. at one edge of the tag.

proper, against such edge. .Theriveting. of.

the said. metal strip or piece Sto thetag proper is effected in Figs. 1-, 2, 3, by punchstrip or piece. The upstanding portions around the different holes are like what in shop-terms frequently are called burs. They are driven into and through the material of the tag proper, and clenched. In the drawings the upstanding metal at each hole is represented as divided to form four points arranged in a circular series, this result being secured by shaping suitably the devices which are employed for making the holes. By an obvious change in the said devices a different number of points may be produced. Preferably the holes and burs of one limb of the sheet-metal strip or piece are alternated in position with respect to those of the other limb thereof, so that those of one limb dodge or miss those of the other limb. The number and arrangement of the holes and sets of burs on the respective limbs of the metal strip or piece may be varied as desired, and to meet particular considerations and requirements.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 3, one limb of the bent metal strip or piece is formed with two somewhat widely separated holes and series of burs, these last being set and riveted in the material of the tag proper from one side of the latter, and the other limb is formed with one hole and series of burs which last are set and riveted in the material of the tag proper, from the other side of the latter, intermediate and in line with the two holes of the limb first described, all three holes and series of burs being disposed in the same straight line extending in the direction of the length of the tag proper.

Figs. 4, 5, and 6 show a form of the invention having certain advantages over the form above described and shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. In Figs. 4, 5 and 6 one limb of the metal strip or piece 3 is a simple straight piece having a single hole 3 and a series of burs set in the material of the tag proper from one side of the latter. The other limb of the said piece or strip is forked or U- shaped, the branches of the same being separated to the extent of the width of the limb first described, and the said branches fitting against the other surface of the tag proper in such manner that the three parts of the strip or piece of sheet-metal alternate in their arrangement, as clearly indicated by the full and dotted lines in Figs. 4 and 5. Each of the branches of the U-shaped limb is shown formed with a single hole 3* and a corresponding series of burs which are set and riveted in the material of the tag proper from the side of the latter at which the said U-shaped limb is located. In the case of the different forms of embodiment of the invention, the number of holes and series of burs in the respective limbs of the sheet-metal piece or strip may be greater than that shown, if found or deemed necessary.

In the form of the invention which is shown in Figs. 7 and 8, one limb of the sheet-metal piece or strip, 3, has a simple hole 3' punched therein, the other limb or end-portion being formed with a hole 3 and a series of burs, which last are driven through the material of the tag proper and passed through the hole 3 their tips being clenched or riveted down upon the outer side of the limb in which such hole 3 is formed.

In the form of the invention which is shown in Figs. 9 and 10 a simple hole is punched in each limb of the sheet-metal piece or strip 3 and in this instance a hole is made through the material of the tag proper. A rivet 3 which in this instance is tubular, is set in the holes of the respective limbs and the tag proper, and clenched or riveted to secure the whole together.

The bend or bight, or as it might be termed the back, of the U-shaped sheetmetal piece or strip is shown transversely curved in Figs. 1, 2, 4i, 5, 7, 9 and 11. The curvature is such as to present a convex surface next the string 2. It turns the edges of the sheet-metal away somewhat from the string, so as to obviate bending of the string around the sharp corners, and the resulting tendency to chafe or cutthe string. The portion in question of the sheet-metal piece or strip is reduced in width by the crimping or bending which produces the transverse curvature, so as to form a neck where the string tends naturally to remain.

Figs. 11 and 12 show the crimping, at 3*, of the metal strip or piece to securely hold the string from pulling endwise out from the bend or bight of the said strip or piece.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination with the tag or label proper, and the attaching string, of the U- shaped sheet-metal strip or piece clasping the string and a marginal portion of the tag or label proper within its bend or bight, having its respective limbs formed each with one or more burs intermediate the said bend or bight and the end of the limb which are set in the material of the said tag or label proper from the opposite faces of the latter and clenched, the burs of the said limbs being alternated in position so that those of one limb dodge those of the other.

2. The combination with the tag or label proper, and the attaching string, of the U- shaped piece or strip clasping a marginal portion of the tag or label proper and an intermediate portion of the length of the string and clamping the string within its bend or bight, with its respective limbs permanently secured at intermediate points in their lengths to the opposite surfaces of the tag or label proper.

3. The combination with the tag or label proper, and the attaching string, of the U shaped strip or piece clasping a marginal portion of the tag or label proper and in closing and clamping the said string Within its bend or bight, having its respective limbs formed each with one or more burs intermediate said bend or bight and the end of the limb which are set in the material of the said tag or label proper from the opposite faces of the latter and clenched, the said strip or piece being thereby permanently attachecl to the tag or label proper with its 10 limbs held. in firm contact With the surfaces Copies of this patent may be obtained for of the tag or label and prevented from spreading apart so as to loosen the grip upon the string.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

FREDERIC K. PLYMPTON.

Witnesses: I thus. F. RANDALL, NATHAN B. DAY.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

